AN ANECDOTE            
                                          
 TODAY IT RAINED, AND I WOULD  GO OUTSIDE 
 I THOUGHT, SO  I SMOKED A PIPE  AND  GOT 
 DRESSED,  AND  OUTSIDE  THE   RAIN   HAD 
 TURNED  INTO SNOW SO  THICK THAT  IT WAS 
 AS DENSE FOG ... AND THEN I WENT  TO GET 
 THE  MAIL, BUT  THERE WAS A WOMAN AND WE 
 TALKED A LITTLE. NOW BECAUSE  I WAS HIGH 
 AND IT WAS  SNOWING  SO  FUNNY AND I HAD 
 AN UMBRELLA AGAINST  THE SNOW, BUT  SNOW 
 ALL  OVER MY FACE ANYWAY, AND I WONDERED 
         ABOUT MYSELF, AND MY LIFE